印度甜品店巨型甜品破吉尼斯纪录

An Indian shop made a giant sweet that weighs about 600,000 Mars bars and costs over $75,000

印度甜品店巨型甜品破吉尼斯纪录

The latest Indian attempt to create yet another Guinness World Record involves a rather massive sweet treat.

最近神秘的印度人民用巨型甜品又破了一项世界纪录。

On Sept. 07, an Andhra Pradesh sweet shop unveiled a laddu weighing a whopping 29,465 kgs—that is equivalent to almost 600,000 Mars bars.

9月7日，印度安得拉邦一家甜品店向大家展示了一个重达29465千克的酥——这重量相当于60万条火星巧克力棒。

Sri Bhaktanjaneya Suruchi Foods's version, made by a team of 20 persons, is much bigger than the current record-holder—a 11,115-kg giant prepared in September 2015 by a Gujarat-based temple administration body, the Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust.

Sri Bhaktanjaneya Suruchi甜品店20个员工一起制作的酥，比2015年9月Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust店之前11115千克的记录要大的多。

A laddu is a ball-shaped traditional Indian preparation made out of ingredients as varied as wheat flour, chickpea flour or coarsely ground semolina, with a generous helping of clarified butter and sugar.

这种酥是印度一种球形的传统糕点，用面粉、鹰嘴豆粉或者粗粒小麦粉做外皮，精制黄油和糖做馅料制成。

The “world’s largest laddu” is just one of the many quirky Guinness World Records that India holds. It also holds the record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, most straws stuffed in the mouth (with hands), and largest television remote control.

“世界上最大的鹰嘴豆酥”只是印度持有的奇葩吉尼斯纪录之一。印度还持有最多人装扮成甘地、用手往嘴里塞最多草和最大电视遥控器的记录。

Indeed, applying for the Guinness World Records is a sort of national pasTime in the country. According to a 2015 report in the New York Times, the number of record-holders in India jumped 250% in the preceding five years.

申请吉尼斯纪录对于这个国家来说，算是一项全国性的消遣活动。据2015纽约时报报道，过去5年里，印度吉尼斯纪录持有者的数量增加了250%。

In any case, for P Mallikharjuna Rao, the proprietor of Suruchi Foods in the Andhra town of Tapeswaram, building massive laddus runs in the family. Before the Gujarat temple trust took the crown, the record was held by an over 8,000-kg laddu crafted by Suruchi Foods's neighbour, Sri Bhaktanjaneya Sweets, run by Mallikharjuna’s relative S Venkateswara Rao.

对于这个“最大鹰嘴豆酥”吉尼斯记录的持有者P Mallikharjuna Rao来说，这次活动可调动了全家人。在Gujarat temple trust店之前的记录是8000千克，由Suruchi食品店隔壁的Sri Bhaktanjaneya甜品店开创。

Now, Mallikharjuna Rao is ready for his moment in the spotlight. “It is approximately (Rs) 50 lakhs ($75,253) we have spent,” Mallikharjuna said, noting that this attempt is his first at a world record.

现在Mallikharjuna正准备接收各种媒体采访。他说“虽然制作这个酥花了我们75253美元，但比起自己第一次创下吉尼斯纪录的喜悦，根本不算什么。”

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